Stephen Brown (born January 6, 1969) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles. He represented his birth country United States until 1997.
Brown attended the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was a member of both the football and track teams. He won four Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) track titles, including two in the 110 meter outdoor hurdles, and was a four-year starter in football, recording 122 career receptions. Brown was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, and was also named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary Men's Outdoor Track and Field team.
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Famous Failures
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After being cut from his high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his room and cried. He wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much." Was demoted from her job as a news anchor because she… “Wasn’t fit for television.” Fired from a newspaper for “lacking imagination” and “having no original ideas”… At age 11 he was cut from his team after being diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency… which made him smaller in stature than most kids his age. At 30 years old he was left devastated and depressed after being unceremoniously removed from the company he started. A High School dropout, whose personal struggles with drugs and poverty culminated in an unsuccessful suicide attempt… A teacher told him he was… “Too stupid to learn anything” and that he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality. Rejected by Decca Recording studios, who said “we don’t like their sound”… “They have no future in show business" His First Book Was Rejected By 27 Publishers. His Fiancé Died, Failed In Business, Had A Nervous Breakdown And Was Defeated In 8 Elections. “If you’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Tried Anything New”
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing United States | |||||
1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.73 w (wind: +3.0 m/s) |
Representing Trinidad and Tobago | |||||
1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.56 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.65 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lampur, Malaysia | 2nd | 110 m h | 13.48 | |
1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 5th | 110 m h | 13.53 |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.89 | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 25th (qf) | 110 m h | 13.62 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 30th (qf) | 110 m h | 14.12 |
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